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After rebooting a worker node, kubectl get nodes shows it as NotReady. You SSH into the node and run systemctl status kubelet, which reports the kubelet is inactive (dead). Which command should you run next to inspect why the kubelet is failing to start?
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On a kubeadm control-plane node, kubectl commands suddenly fail with 'The connection to the server 127.0.0.1:6443 was refused'. The kube-apiserver runs as a static Pod. Where should you look FIRST to diagnose why the API server container is not coming up?
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Pods on one specific node are stuck in ContainerCreating. kubectl describe pod shows events referencing a failure to set up the pod network sandbox. Other nodes schedule Pods fine. Which is the MOST likely root cause to investigate on that node?
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Which command shows the recent cluster-level events (such as scheduling failures, image pull errors, and probe failures) sorted so you can triage what recently went wrong?
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A control-plane node is stuck reporting the API server as unhealthy, and the apiserver logs show repeated 'context deadline exceeded' errors connecting to https://127.0.0.1:2379. Which component is the API server unable to reach, and how do you confirm its health?
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A node shows condition MemoryPressure=True and its Pods are being evicted. You need to safely take the node out of service to investigate without new Pods landing on it and without abruptly killing running workloads. Which sequence is correct?
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